na'
, drumming against the shelte
king the light and the air. Their eyes moved ov
need help!
d without any trace of kindness in his smile
sound. "And dressed like that.
jacket as I pressed myself ha
my voice despite the tremor threatening
ces, amusement flic
Who said anything about trouble? We
ar it. I glanced around, searching for an opening, any
e of them stepped in front of me, fast
My breath came in sharp gasps as panic set
rom my grasp. Cold air hit my rain-soaked skin. The sleeveless dress
e raking over me with naked hunger. "Lo
every curve. "Wandering around dressed like a wet
my arms around myself, trembling violently. "It's
stay away. T
face, a throat, anything to fight back. But I was
ehind my back with brutal efficien
" I screame
ngers digging into my skin. "Relax," he murmured
ng I had into breaking free. It was
my voice cracking with t
stening?" one mocked. "Everyone'
hed my chest, making it impossible to breathe. I squeezed my
reached fo
h
hands off
moments blurr
he third didn't even have time to flee. Eric moved with lethal precision-no wasted motion, no mercy-only raw, devasta
turned
es banked slightly
legs ga
ng me against a solid chest. I clutched his coat wit
you," he s
into my bones, and my head felt light. His hand
g up," he mutt
lding me close as if I
wing in his warmth. His scent surrounde
en, Elena," he sai
like he was my only lifeline. He carrie
," he told the dr
till shaking-violently, uncontrollably. Ice ran throu
ing," he
nda. My fingers found him again, fisting in the fabric of
whisper escaped me,
, draping it over me, his hands lingering a heartbeat l
reathed. "Tha
rrow deeper, closer. My grip on his shirt tightened, and
d. "You're not
pell I had no power to break. Eric's jacket had chased away the cold, but it had done somethi
his lap, straddling him as if it were the most natural thing in the
warning-low, rough, strai
reathing, the thunder of his heart beneath my palm, the overwhe
ound his, some
ess and heat. His pheromones flooded the space, thick and intoxicating, making my head spin and my bones ach
ead of his con
ped me-shameful, wanton-and my body responded in ways I'd never experienced. Pleasure rippled through me, sharp and o
nding down, drunk on the
fingers slid between my thighs, parting me, finding the evidence of my arousal through the impossibly thin scrap of fabri
ar st
ce filtered through, ob
ell sh
n ice water. Then he was pulling back, his expression shutterin
happened," he said,
how we'd gone from that-from fire-to this
lting, my vision blu
verything
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